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Whitfield (Dover) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 662 road traffic collisions in Whitfield, Dover, from 1979 to 2025, and 856 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 119 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 17 collisions, up from 10 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
662
981st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
856
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
119
140 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
17
10 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
20
11 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Whitfield

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.2%
  • Serious11918%
  • Slight54282%

What the data shows

  • Whitfield had 142 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 15% more than the 123 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Whitfield were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 110 children under 16 were killed or injured in Whitfield, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Whitfield.

Where Whitfield ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
981st
Most casualties
963rd
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
1,015th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday100 (15%)
  • Tuesday95 (14%)
  • Wednesday101 (15%)
  • Thursday105 (16%)
  • Friday99 (15%)
  • Saturday94 (14%)
  • Sunday68 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight507 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit126 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting17 (2.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway390 (59%)
  • Roundabout214 (32%)
  • Dual carriageway49 (7.4%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph390 (59%)
  • 40 mph64 (9.7%)
  • 50 mph7 (1.1%)
  • 60 mph134 (20%)
  • 70 mph65 (9.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds526 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds74 (11%)
  • Fog or mist8 (1.2%)
  • Raining with high winds8 (1.2%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (0.9%)
  • Other15 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded19 (2.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant499 (58%)
  • Motorcyclist171 (20%)
  • Pedestrian100 (12%)
  • Cyclist42 (4.9%)
  • Van occupant11 (1.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant9 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant6 (0.7%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user2 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Whitfield road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Whitfield, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Whitfield peaked at 26 in 1981; 2025 had 17.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 17
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251720
20241011
20231115
20222031
20211114
20201212
20191722
201889
20171519
20162132
20151520
20141116
20131924
20121920
2011915
201066
20091418
20081013
20071113
2006912
20051424
20041010
20031619
20021516
20011316
2000910
199988
19981012
19971617
19961320
19951216
1994818
19931619
19921922
19911826
19901619
19892329
198889
19871213
19861721
19851314
19841722
19831826
19821626
19812639
19801822
19791621

Map of recent crashes in Whitfield

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Whitfield

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Whitfield

The 24 most recent collisions in Whitfield happened between 2 October 2024 and 19 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Whitfield

The A2 has the most collisions in Whitfield, 206 of 662 (31%), followed by the A256 (121).

Collisions in Whitfield on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA2206269029
2ndA256121166129

Council area for Whitfield

Whitfield is in Dover, where police recorded 16,823 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Whitfield accounts for 3.9% of them.

Postcode district for Whitfield

All 662 collisions in Whitfield were in the CT16 postcode district.